The Pentagon is quietly testing how viruses and microbes behave beyond Earth, betting that space can harden the United States ...

Such experiments have previously only been conducted aboard the International Space Station.

Scientists discover microgravity in space could help fight drug-resistant superbugs by creating unique viral mutations, according to a new study.

New research suggests that essential components of life may assemble in interstellar space long before planets or oceans ...

Challenging long-held assumptions, Aarhus University researchers have demonstrated that the protein building blocks essential for life as we know it can form readily in space. This discovery, ...

Wood has several advantages over metal alloys as a satellite material. One is to reduce the amount of metal vaporising when ...

A team of researchers led by the University of Warwick has developed the first unified framework for detecting "spacetime ...

When scientists first sent microscopic worms into orbit in 2018, they hoped to answer a question that has shaped every discussion about long missions. What really happens to your body when gravity no ...

"Microgravity pushed evolution into corners of the phage we still don't fully understand" ...

When the International Space Station plunges to its fiery doom in 2030, its loss to science will be incalculable, even if it remains an open question as to whether its successes matched humanity's ...

Since 2000, for 24 hours a day, seven days a week, NASA and its partners have sustained a continuous human presence in ...